Mavs: Raymond Felton may be out a while

[Sheriff Hoyt]

Felton can't start ban until healthy

Mavericks guard Raymond Felton will miss more than just the first four games of the season.

NBA rules prevent Felton from serving his four-game suspension, which stems from his guilty plea on New York gun charges from last season, until he is healthy enough to play.

Felton is recovering from a high right ankle sprain suffered in an Oct. 10 preseason game when he landed awkwardly on the foot of Oklahoma City Thunder swingman Anthony Morrow after driving to the basket. Felton has not done any significant basketball activities since suffering the injury.

"He's walking, but he's quite a ways away," Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said.

[Malik Hairston]

Great news for the Mavs, obviously..

He's gotta be over 250 pounds at this point, tbh..

[Franklin]

Mavs

but how do you judge when he's "healthy enough" to play? Just tell the team physiotherapists to give him the green light and let him play one minute just to show that he's "healthy enough", so he can serve the ban while rehabbing.

[tlongII]

The Mavs will be better without him.

[TDMVPDPOY]

is the first game opener a automatic win for spurs?